Minus ion generating accessory

ABSTRACT

A noble metal piece  10  so formed that a metal having positive potentials  14  and a metal having negative potentials such as titanium or oxide thereof, nitride thereof or carbide thereof  13  are arranged side by side to form an outer surface of the noble metal piece  10  and the noble metal pieces  10  so formed that a metal is subjected to ion plating with titanium or the oxide thereof, the nitride thereof or the carbide thereof, for example, titanium dioxide (TiO2)  13  are arranged in an adequate manner to be beaded with a piece of string  11  to finally form a noble metal chain  12.  With such a structure, the present invention provides an accessory featured in making a good show as an accessory, raising static electricity due to a friction upon contacting the skin by a free movement, enabling ion supply to a surface of the body owing to a semiconductor action, and enabling a more effective generation of ion under sun violet ray resulting in producing high healing effect.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a minus ion generating accessorycapable of facilitating a health maintenance and promoting avitalization by wearing the accessory in the form of a necklace or abracelet.

2. Description of the Related Art

Examples of the accessory relating to a health care for improving thecirculation of the blood and for alleviating the stiff neck include oneswhich generate magnet or far infrared radiation as a weak energy.Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 10-295830 discloses a biologic ionregulation adhesive body composed of a metal having positive potentialsand a metal having negative potentials, with the metals being formedinto adhesive layers to finally form the integral adhesive body.

Due to a metal structure having the ion generating function, the abovestated biologic ion regulation adhesive body achieves an effective iongeneration, and the obtained effect owing to the minus ion and a partialoccurrence of a slight current will transfer an electrical stimulationgiven to a pore to autonomic nerve through neuron, thereby facilitatinga recovery of a biologic function controlled by sympathetic nerve andparasympathetic nerve, for example, by means of expanding a bloodcapillary of an affected part in order to increase blood flow.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

With the above stated adhesive body, it is difficult to effectivelyobtain a difference in potential between a positive potential and anegative potential and a good ion generating function since it is fixedon the skin. Further, such effect will be obtainable only at a positionwhere the adhesive body was adhered. If a healing is required for alarger area, a larger adhesive body is necessary. The larger adhesivebody may disturb a person from moving freely and will not look nice.

A purpose of the present invention is to resolve the above stateddrawbacks of the conventional art and to provide the accessory forgenerating minus ion which looks nice when wearing as an accessory,raises electrostatic by a friction due to a free movement of theaccessory, enables an ion supply onto a surface of the body owing to asemiconductor action, and generates ion effectively under sun violet rayin order to obtain a good healing effect.

To achieve the above purpose, according to the invention in claim 1, thenoble metal piece is so formed that the metal having positive potentialsand the metal having negative potentials such as titanium or oxidethereof, nitride thereof, carbide thereof are arranged side by side toform an outer surface of the noble metal piece, and a plurality of suchnoble metal pieces are beaded together through a piece of string to forma noble metal chain.

A human body includes body fluid (water) by approximately 60 to 70% ofthe entire body and the body fluid includes electrolyte andnonelectrolyte in a blended manner. The electrolyte includes plus ionand minus ion which are balancing each other. Off-balance between theseplus ions and minus ions tends to cause various diseases and illnesses.It is said that the ion distribution balance enclosing a cell has aclose relationship with a neurofibril and therefore exerts a largeaffects on a return of health and a progress of disease for the entirebody. These plus ion and minus ion exist through a cell film of whichpermeability changes depending on an electrical potential of thepositive and negative potentials. The ion organically moves through theentire body on the basis of a certain rule. The movement of the ion isaffected strongly by strength or a distribution of ion electrons betweenan inner environment and an outer environment of the body.

According to an invention of claim 1, the plurality of the noble metalpieces are beaded by the piece of the string to form the noble metalchain, in which each noble metal piece includes the metal havingpositive potentials and the metal having negative potentials which arearranged side by side to form the outer surface of the noble metalpiece, and thereby the difference in potential therebetween causes minusion from an anode side to stimulate the skin. An increased generation ofminus ion can be facilitated by a combination of one or two of Au, Ptand Ag as a major metal having positive potentials with titanium oroxide thereof, nitride thereof or carbide thereof as a major metalhaving negative potentials. Then, the noble metal chain is worn as noblemetal accessory such as the necklace, the bracelet, a ring or the like,and thus the chain with minus ion always contacts the skin.

Further, the noble metal chain formed into the necklace, the bracelet orthe like will move as the body moves to cause the static electricity dueto the friction with the skin, which increases the generation of theminus ion from the anode side due to the difference in potential toproduce better effect.

Generally, tiredness invites an increase of lactic acid, an increase ofplus ion, and off-balance of ion in the body. The present inventionforces to control the off-balance of the ion from the outside by givingminus ion stimulation. (remedy of abnormal potential of a surface of thebody by negative potential effect)

A remedy of fluctuation of blood flow (1/f) will reduce pain.

If titanium dioxide (TiO2) among the titanium or oxide thereof, nitridethereof or carbide thereof is used, generation of minus ion due tophotocatalytic reaction effect can be expected.

The photocatalytic reaction due to the titanium dioxide (TiO2) isdescribed hereinafter. Due to the absorption of light in titanium oxide,there are made two carriers such as an electron (e−) and a positive hole(h+), although these carriers are recombined immediately in the case ofnormal material, each carrier stays as they are in the case of thetitanium dioxide photocatalyst, resulting in the generation of the minusion.

According to the invention in claim 2, the noble metal piece is soformed that the noble metal is subjected to an ion plating with thetitanium or the oxide thereof, the nitride thereof or the carbidethereof, and further subjected to a coating with a silicon resin film,and then the plurality of the noble metal pieces are beaded with thepiece of string to finally form the noble metal chain.

According to the invention in claim 2, the generation of minus ion isfacilitated by the semiconductor action. The noble metal piece is soformed that the noble metal is subjected to the ion plating withtitanium or oxide thereof, nitride thereof or carbide thereof and thenis coated with the silicon resin film, in which the silicon resin filmas a P-type semiconductor thin film produces the semiconductor effect asshown in FIG. 4 when metal having negative potentials such as thetitanium or the oxide thereof, the nitride thereof or the carbidethereof is combined with the silicon (Si) resin film.

FIG. 5 illustrates a potential of a normal skin. FIG. 6 illustrates apotential of abnormal skin. In figures, 1 denotes a nerve, 2 denotes acornified surface layer, 3 denotes an epidermis, 4 denotes a basementmembrane and 5 denotes a corium.

When the noble metal piece as the P-type semiconductor thin film whichproduces the semiconductor effect is brought into contact with theabnormal skin, positive potentials are removed from the skin by means ofthe metal having negative potentials as shown in FIG. 7 to only allowfor negative potentials to flow.

Similar to the advantageous result produced by the invention in claim 1,off-balance of the ion is forcedly controlled from the outside by givingstimulation of minus ion. (remedy of the abnormal potentials of thesurface of the body owing to the negative potential effect) Also, paincan be effectively removed by the remedy of fluctuation of blood flow(1/f).

Further, similar to the advantageous result produced by the invention inclaim 1, the plurality of the noble metal pieces are beaded with thepiece of string so as to rotate themselves, respectively. The noblemetal chain formed into the necklace, the bracelet or the like moves asthe body moves. The rotation of the pieces composing the chain and amovement of the entire chain synergize to generate the staticelectricity by the friction with the skin, which increases thegeneration of the minus ion from the anode side due to the difference inpotential to produce better effect.

Further, the coating with the silicon (Si) resin film will provide aprotection from the metal allergy or the like.

According to the invention in claim 3, the noble metal piece which is soformed that the metal having positive potentials and the metal havingnegative potentials such as titanium or oxide thereof, nitride thereofor carbide thereof are arranged side by side to finally form the outersurface of the noble metal piece, and the plurality of the noble metalpieces, each of which is so formed that the noble metal is subjected tothe ion plating with the titanium or the oxide thereof, the nitridethereof or the carbide thereof, and further subjected to the coatingwith the silicon (Si) resin film, are beaded in line through the pieceof string to form the noble metal chain.

According to the invention in claims 3, the noble metal piece having theactions as defined in claim 1 and the noble metal piece having theactions as defined in claim 2 are combined to facilitate more effectivegeneration of the minus ion owing to the combined functions thereof.

According to the invention in claim 4,in addition to the actions asdefined in claims 1 to 3, the noble metal pieces are not beaded with thepiece of string in a fixing manner but are beaded in a freely rotatablemanner.

According to the invention in claim 4, the noble metal pieces which arebeaded with the piece of string are freely rotatable, respectively, andwhen the noble metal pieces are formed into the noble metal chain suchas the necklace, the bracelet or the like, the chain itself will move asthe body moves as well. The rotation of the pieces composing the chainand the movement of the chain in its entirety synergistically act togenerate the static electricity by the friction with the skin, whichincreases the generation of the minus ion from the anode side due to thedifference in potential to produce better effect.

According to the invention in claims 5, in addition to claim 4, thepiece of string is made of a noble metal of a kind different from thatforming the noble metal piece.

According to the invention in claim 5, in addition to the actions asstated above, since the piece of string is made of the noble metal ofthe kind different from that forming the noble metal piece, thedifference in potential between the piece of string and the noble metalpiece as well as between the noble metal for forming the piece of stringand the titanium or the oxide thereof, the nitride thereof or thecarbide thereof is caused to increase the generation of the minus ionfrom the anode side owing to the difference in potential.

As stated above, the minus ion generating accessory according to thepresent invention makes a good showing since it works as an accessoryand produces a good healing effect since the free movement of theaccessory raises the static electricity due to the friction uponcontacting with the skin, which results in inviting the effectivegeneration of the ion.

The minus ion generated by the accessory according to the presentinvention provides the advantageous result in neutralization andpurification of oxidization of the body, relaxation and recovery fromtiredness, and health enhancement and disease prevention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a partial front view illustrating an embodiment of the minusion generating accessory according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an entire front view of the embodiment of the minus iongenerating accessory according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the noble metal piece of the minus iongenerating accessory according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 illustrates the minus ion generating accessory according to thepresent invention serving as a semiconductor.

FIG. 5 illustrates a potential of normal skin.

FIG. 6 illustrates a potential of abnormal skin.

FIG. 7 illustrates semiconductor effect of the minus ion generatingaccessory according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a hollow cylindrical body composing anoble metal piece of the minus ion generating accessory according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 9 illustrates a manufacturing step of the noble metal piece of theminus ion generating accessory according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 illustrates an action of the noble metal piece of the minus iongenerating accessory according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a partial front view illustrating another embodiment of theminus ion generating accessory according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 illustrates an action of another example of the noble metalpiece of the minus ion generating accessory according to the presentinvention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention is described indetail. FIG. 1 is the partial front view illustrating one embodiment ofthe minus ion generating accessory according to the present invention.FIG. 2 is the entire front view of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a front view of thenoble metal piece when it is used in the accessory such as the necklaceor bracelet.

In figures, 10 denotes the noble metal piece, which is beaded with thepiece of string 11 to form the chain 12. The noble metal piece 10includes the surface of the metal having positive potentials 14 and thesurface of the metal having negative potentials such as the titaniumdioxide (TiO2) 13 which is the oxide of Ti, with the surfaces beingarranged side by side to form the outer surface of the noble metalpiece. As for the metal having positive potentials 14, one kind or twokinds are selected from a group of Au, Pt, Ag, gold (Au) alloy, platinum(Pt) alloy or silver (Ag) alloy.

The noble metal piece 10 is manufactured in the following steps. Forexample, the hollow cylindrical body 20 is made of gold (Au) alloy asshown in FIG. 8, and then is subjected to the ion plating with thetitanium dioxide (TiO2) 13. The ion plating is a method in which aplating material is evaporated by plasma under reduced pressure,partially ionized to accelerate the ionization with the application ofan electric field, such that a material to be plated is deposited with alarge energy in order to obtain an improved adhesive ability and thefilm property. The ion plating is featured in that the compound whichcan not be made by means of wet plating process can be made, a closecontact between a base metal and a film can be achieved, low temperaturein the process can be realized, an accuracy of a dimension of the basemetal can be kept, and no-pollution can be realized since the processdoes not involve toxic substance.

The entire noble metal piece (both surfaces of the inner periphery andthe outer periphery) is coated with a coating film of the titaniumdioxide (TiO2) 13 by the ion plating as described above. Then, the noblemetal piece is subjected to a diamond bite to be polished to remove thecoating film of the titanium dioxide 13 as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B. Theportion where the coating film is removed exposes a surface of gold (Au)alloy which is a raw material of the noble metal. The exposed portion isa portion of the metal having positive potentials 14.

Subsequent to the foregoing, caps 16 made of the gold (Au) alloy iscaulked on open surfaces of both ends to form a closed hollow body. Thecaps 16 become portions of the metal having positive potentials 14. Thecaps 16 have holes at the centers thereof, respectively, through whichthe piece of string 11 passes.

With the above stated step, the noble metal piece 10 which is so formedthat the metal having positive potentials 14 and the titanium dioxide 13as the metal having negative potentials are arranged side by side tofinally form the outer surface of the noble metal piece 10. The noblemetal piece 10 and a small piece 17 made of uncoated gold (Au) alloy andshorter than the noble metal piece 10 are arranged side by side to bebeaded through the piece of string 11 so as to form the chain 12. Thepiece of string 11 may be made of noble metal, for example, platinum(Pt) alloy. A clasp 18 is provided at an end of the chain 12

FIG. 10 illustrates a view showing the noble metal piece 10 formed insuch a manner as stated above.

There are the metal having positive potentials and the metal havingnegative potentials in view of the normal electrode potential of metals,and the electrochemical series of these metals is known as the GalvanicSeries. The metals between a high potential and a low potential areexemplified as TiO2/TiO22₊+2.18V, Au/Au1₊+1.7V, Au/Au3₊+1.498V,Pt/Pt2₊+1.2V, Pd/Pd2₊+0.987V, Rh/Rh3₊+0.8V, Ag/Ag1₊+0.799V,Hg/Hg1₊+0.789V, MoO2/MoO22⁻+0.66V, Cu/Cu2₊+0.377V, Ti3₊/TiO2₊+0.1V,Fe/Fe1₊−0.036V, WO3/W−0.09V, Mo/Mo1₊−0.2V, Ni/Ni1₊−0.25V, Ga/Ga1₊−0.45V,TiO2/Ti−0.85V, W/WO42⁻−1.05V, Zr/Zr4₊−1.53V, Ti/Ti2₊−1.628V,Al/Al1₊−1.662V.

The accessory according to the present invention contacts the bodydirectly, such that practically suitable materials to be used are Au,Pt, Ag and Ti except for metals having a strong sensitization reactionand metals having toxicity against biologic body.

The increased minus ion generation can be facilitated in such a mannerthat one of Au, Pt, Ag is used as the major metal having positivepotentials to be combined with Ti or at least one of the oxides thereof,the nitride thereof or the carbide thereof as the major metal havingnegative potentials.

According to a second embodiment of the present invention as shown inFIG. 11, the outer surface of the noble metal pieces 10 is coated withthe silicon (Si) resin coating film 19. In this case, the silicon resinis deposited by plasma.

According to the second embodiment, the generation of the minus ion isfacilitated by the semiconductor action, and the titanium dioxide 13 asthe metal having negative potentials is combined with the silicon (Si)resin coating film 19 to force the silicon (Si) resin coating film 19 towork as the P-type semiconductor thin film for the sake of thesemiconductor effect. In such a case, the metal having positivepotentials 14 may not necessarily contribute to the generation of theminus ion.

Further, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, thenoble metal piece 10 according to the first embodiment and the noblemetal piece 10 with the silicon resin film 19 according to the secondembodiment are arranged side by side to be beaded with the piece ofstring 11 to finally form the chain 12. The pieces may be arranged insuch a manner that one of the pieces is placed every one piece or everyseveral pieces with regard to the other piece.

In the above stated embodiments, the noble metal pieces 10 together withthe caps 16 and small pieces 17 are made of gold (Au) alloy for the sakeof an example. Another embodiment may be adoptable that the noble metalpieces 10 together with the caps 16 and the small pieces 17 are made ofanother noble metal alloy such as platinum (Pt) alloy or the like. Ifthe noble metal pieces 10 together with the caps 16 and the small pieces17 are made of platinum (Pt) alloy, the piece of string 11 is to be madeof gold alloy.

Further, in stead of the titanium dioxide 13, titanium (Ti) or othertitanium compounds such as titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride(TiN) and the like may be deposited by means of the ion plating.

The titanium dioxide 13 coating the noble metal piece 10 is in black orblue color, whereas the titanium (Ti) or the like can be colored inwhite or other colors.

According to still another embodiment, the titanium dioxide 13, in steadof the noble metal piece 10, is used as a core, with the silicon (Si)resin film 19 coated, as shown in FIG. 12.

As stated above, the minus ion generating accessory according to thepresent invention is featured in making a good show since it is formedinto the accessory, raising the static electricity caused by thefriction due to the free movement upon contacting the skin, resulting ingenerating ion more effectively, and thus producing better healingeffect.

The advantageous result of the accessory having minus ion effectaccording to the present invention is neutralization and purification ofoxidization of the body, relaxation and recovery from tiredness, andhealth enhancement and disease prevention.

1. A minus ion generating accessory comprising a noble metal piece soformed that a metal having positive potentials and a metal havingnegative potentials such as titanium or oxide thereof, nitride thereofor carbide thereof are arranged side by side to form an outer surface ofthe noble metal piece, wherein a plurality of the noble metal pieces arebeaded with a piece of string to finally form a noble metal chain.
 2. Aminus ion generating accessory comprising a noble metal piece so formedthat the noble metal is subjected to ion plating with titanium or oxidethereof, nitride thereof or carbide thereof and is further coated with asilicon resin film, wherein a plurality of resulting noble metal piecesare beaded with a piece of string to finally form a noble metal chain.3. A minus ion generating accessory, wherein a noble metal piece soformed that a metal having positive potentials and a metal havingnegative potentials such as titanium or oxide thereof, nitride thereofor carbide thereof are arranged side by side to form an outer surface ofthe noble metal piece and the noble metal piece so formed that a noblemetal is subjected to ion plating with the titanium or the oxidethereof, the nitride thereof or carbide thereof, and further coated witha silicon resin film are arranged adequately side by side to be beadedwith a piece of string to finally form a noble metal chain.
 4. The minusion generating accessory as claimed in any one of the claims 1 to 3,wherein the noble metal piece is not fixed to the piece of string suchthat the noble metal piece itself can rotate freely.
 5. The minus iongenerating accessory as claimed in claim 4, wherein the piece of stringis made of the noble metal of a kind different from the noble metalforming the noble metal piece.